Police aim guns at motorists going through checkpoint

Wow. I'm the kind of person that knows my rights under the Constitution. I would not be sitting there looking up a gun barrel. I'd be locked eyes
telling that dog how intelligent I think he is and demand to speak to his supervisor. This is just too over the line. 20 yrs ago, cops couldn't pull
their guns without seeing 1 being brandished. Not saying they were overly cautious, but everyone that went thru that checkpoint now has a deep seated
issue over it. Fear, anger, contempt. Be suttle if this is necessary. Not in the face. Negative emotions never improve the reaction to any situation.
The new tactics have done nothing to help the statistics they were hoping to effect. www.policestateusa.com...

Well I think that 20 years ago this still happened, and probably in a greater amount, you just didn't hear about it as much due to the lower impact
media had back then.

If you think about this logically, why do you suppose we hear so much more about police action today. Is it because there is more happening or that
more of it is being recorded and there are more ways to get that information out to the public?

I'd guess that in the past, just decades ago, police abuse was a far bigger problem than we have today where every cop knows there might be a camera
trained on them. Back in the day, they didn't have that concern.

So I would confidently say that you are mistaken if you think this hasn't been commonplace in the past.

How many people did Lincoln have arrested, with no proof, because someone thought they posed a political threat to his presidency?

Seriously, this type of action has always existed and throwing up a few pictures will not erase that fact. Is it right? Of course not, but it has
never progressed beyond what it is.

Protest the actions but people who try to insinuate that the problem is getting worse are being disingenuous.

Your argument is false, The excuses used to implement such action are becoming less and less critical.

Lincoln was a president facing a time of civil war, he had to guard against military coups...

By all statistics the US has had a massive decline in violent crime, Yet these incidents are on the rise.

IT is the triggering events that are becoming more common as the line to incite such a thing has shrunk, there is no arguing against the increase in
police military like tactics.

It took massive riots during the civil rights movement to cause such things, now a small occupy protest gets maced in the face.

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Perhaps you would care to post those statistics then since that is what you are claiming. We could then compare the statistics to determine if you are
indeed telling the truth that violent crime is on the rise.

Protip: You might actually be surprised when you look at the statistics.

How many people did Lincoln have arrested, with no proof, because someone thought they posed a political threat to his presidency?

Seriously, this type of action has always existed and throwing up a few pictures will not erase that fact. Is it right? Of course not, but it has
never progressed beyond what it is.

Protest the actions but people who try to insinuate that the problem is getting worse are being disingenuous.

Your argument is false, The excuses used to implement such action are becoming less and less critical.

Lincoln was a president facing a time of civil war, he had to guard against military coups...

By all statistics the US has had a massive decline in violent crime, Yet these incidents are on the rise.

IT is the triggering events that are becoming more common as the line to incite such a thing has shrunk, there is no arguing against the increase in
police military like tactics.

It took massive riots during the civil rights movement to cause such things, now a small occupy protest gets maced in the face.

edit on
28-10-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)

Perhaps you would care to post those statistics then since that is what you are claiming. We could then compare the statistics to determine if you are
indeed telling the truth that violent crime is on the rise.

Protip: You might actually be surprised when you look at the statistics.

How many people did Lincoln have arrested, with no proof, because someone thought they posed a political threat to his presidency?

Seriously, this type of action has always existed and throwing up a few pictures will not erase that fact. Is it right? Of course not, but it has
never progressed beyond what it is.

Protest the actions but people who try to insinuate that the problem is getting worse are being disingenuous.

Your argument is false, The excuses used to implement such action are becoming less and less critical.

Lincoln was a president facing a time of civil war, he had to guard against military coups...

By all statistics the US has had a massive decline in violent crime, Yet these incidents are on the rise.

IT is the triggering events that are becoming more common as the line to incite such a thing has shrunk, there is no arguing against the increase in
police military like tactics.

It took massive riots during the civil rights movement to cause such things, now a small occupy protest gets maced in the face.

edit on
28-10-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)

Perhaps you would care to post those statistics then since that is what you are claiming. We could then compare the statistics to determine if you are
indeed telling the truth that violent crime is on the rise.

Protip: You might actually be surprised when you look at the statistics.

I disagree with you Spookybelle, 20 yrs ago you would not hear about a cop punching a woman in the face or throwing a nurse to the floor after rushing
her with 3 other cops jumping in. I don't believe it's seems more common because of internet coverage.

I think the majority of cops today are just too damn full of themselves and the authority they gained when they left the academy.

A couple of months ago I was driving down a dark road that had construction cones on both sides of the road. I was not familiar with the road and
didn't know what lay beyond the cones, a ditch but I didn't know how deep ect. A cop was coming from the opposite direction with it's lights flashing
and sirens blasting. I slowed down to a crawl but kept moving there was more traffic coming up behind me. I didn't pull over, because of the cones
there was no where to pull over. I continue creeping along the cop passed me going in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. Well next thing
I know this cop is behind me now flashing its lights and siren. I make a right hand turn and pull over. This cop starts screaming at me hysterically
telling me I should have pulled over and stopped when I saw her coming in the opposite direction. I tried to explain that there was no place to pull
over due to the cones and she just went totally ballistic on me to the point that I was scared. Thankfully there were no street lights I know she
could not see my face nor I hers. ( she never got out of her cruiser she yelled at me from her car)

She was in persuit, sirens going, lights flashing and pulled a U turn to come and scream at me? I just found her tactics to be bizarre and very
intimidating. That is what we're seeing today that we didn't see back in the day. Cops seem to be loose cannons now and lack dignity and don't even
understand what it really means to be a police officer, the protector of the people they serve.

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